Maharashtra: Two youths held for killing 16-year-old boy in Thane

Two youths have been arrested for killing 16yearold boy in Maharashtras Thane district on Thursday reported news agency PTIAn official said the police in Maharashtras Thane district on Thursday arrested two young men from Bhiwandi for allegedly killing a 16yearold boy over past enmity reported PTIAccused Ayush Virendra Jha and Manoj Tope both 19 allegedly killed victim Yogesh Ravi Sharma at Retibunder area on November 25 and buried the body at Kalher the official said reported PTIThe police began a probe after Sharmas mother complained about her missing son After working on intelligence and technical inputs they zeroed in on Jha and Tope he said reported PTISenior inspector Bharat Kamat of the Narpoli police station said they have registered a case under Indian Penal Code sections including 302 murder against the duo reported PTIThe body which had stab injuries has been exhumed and sent to a government hospital for postmortem he said reported PTIThe police did not elaborate on the enmity between the duo and the victim reported PTIIn another case a 35yearold man allegedly killed his wife after a monetary dispute packed the body in a drum and threw it in a forest area in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Tuesday reported PTIThe incident took place on Sunday and following a complaint by the family of the 32yearold victim the man was arrested on Monday they said reported PTIThe couple was married for 12 years and the accused resident of Titwala area used to frequently harass his wife and demanded money from her parents an official from Kalyan rural police station said reported PTIThe womans family had already given Rs 80000 to the man He wanted Rs 2 lakh for buying an autorickshaw which they could not give he said reported PTIThe couple quarrelled frequently over this and other issues reported PTIOn Sunday the man allegedly hit on his wifes head with an iron rod and then strangulated her to death with a rope the official said reported PTIThe man then packed the body in a large drum transported it to a forest in an autorickshaw near Ambernath and threw it there he said reported PTIOn Monday the womans mother called the man after not getting any response from her daughter reported PTIThe man told her that he had killed her daughter and thrown the body in a forest and that he was already at a police station the official said reported PTIBased on the information local police rushed to the spot retrieved the body and sent it to a government hospital for postmortem reported PTIThe man was arrested and booked under Indian Penal Code sections 302 murder and 201 causing disappearance of evidence of offence the police said adding a probe was on into the case reported PTIWith inputs from PTI